Residents have spoken of their shock after two boys were taken to hospital following a crash in Cleethorpes this morning (Saturday, October 21).

Emergency services including an air ambulance were called to St Peter's Avenue at around 8.30am after the children were hit by a white Peugeot van at the Mill Road end of the avenue. The van then appears to have hit a wall outside the Cambridge Convenience Store.

Several Humberside Police vehicles were also sent to the scene, along with fire and ambulance crews.

Police said one of the boys was believed to have sustained life-threatening injuries, while the other had non-life-threatening injuries.

St Peter's Avenue resident Mark Best, 53, said: "I heard the helicopter. I was in the shower when it happened and heard a commotion outside.

A white Peugeot van appeared to have hit a wall outside the Cambridge Convenience Store in Cleethorpes

"I would very much wish the kids well, it is awful and very tragic. You don't see this sort of thing down this road, it is very unusual."

Another resident, who wished to be named only as Kerry, said: "All I heard was three sirens and then it just stopped.

"Obviously it is not nice about the kids and hopefully the driver is ok too.

"It is awful and you don't expect that after getting up on a Saturday morning.

"It is terrible and it is sad, especially when it's kids.

"I would absolutely wish them well. It is awful."

Police closed St Peter's Avenue to traffic around the junctions with Cambridge Street and Mill Road, with a cordon put in place which was later extended to the junction with Albert Road. Motorists were asked to avoid the area.

The road has since reopened to traffic.

A Humberside Police statement issued this morning said: "We were called shortly after 8.30 this morning, with reports of a serious collision on St Peter’s Avenue, Cleethorpes.

Emergency services were called to St Peter's Avenue in Cleethorpes after a single-vehicle crash

"The collision involved a white Peugeot van that is believed to have collided with two pedestrians.

"Two boys were injured in the collision, both have been taken to hospital.

"One suffered what are thought to be life threatening injuries, the second suffered injuries that are not thought to be life threatening."